Jinling as the capital of the Ming Dynasty covers a vast area, the Jinling of the gods has, the Jinling of the Shenjing does not have, divided into the imperial palace, the imperial city, the capital and the outer Guo City, compared to the Shenjing City, Jinling is built by the mountains and rivers, there is no magnificent atmosphere of the Shenjing City, majestic and beautiful, as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties Jinling has a strong historical charm, here is the prosperous place of smoke and willows, the gentle and rich hometown of Chengping for a hundred years will inevitably breed a group of gentlemen.

Seven days have passed since Jia Lian and Daiyu Huai'an, yesterday Jia Jue returned to the Jiangnan camp, the money and grain have been sent to the Huai'an camp, and the military order was paid, Xu Pengju gave a three-day holiday, and when he was idle, he had the idea of entering Jinling to take a look, and he just worshiped his ancestors.

Entering the Jubaomen, not far away is the Qinhuai River River, ten miles of Qinhuai is a famous place of fireworks, countless literati and ink writers have left a poem here to sing the scenery of Qinhuai, among which there are many popular verses, the most famous is the sentence 'The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and the flower in the backyard is still sung across the river. ’

Ningrong Street in Jinling is close to the imperial city, Jubaomen Street is very wide, five carriages can be lined up side by side, the street is full of people, bustling, and lively. On both sides of the street, the green buildings and inns are densely packed, and the carriages are parked in front of the door, and people are coming in and out, and there are endless comings and goings.

A group of people rode horses and carried knives, and at a glance they knew that they were not good stubble, as long as they were not mentally problematic, they would flash aside, and soon Jia Jue crossed the Qinhuai River.

At this moment, the crowd on the side attracted Jia Jue's attention, and he saw a group of people standing there from a distance to watch, among them there were also messengers in uniforms, but they didn't come forward, and when they looked around, they saw two groups of people arguing there, listening carefully, it turned out that it was because of the competition for a maid, a young man in a brocade robe who was stunned stood there and cursed, and ordered his subordinates to drag aside the young man who was arguing with him and the old servant of the young man, "Hey, isn't this the dumb overlord of the Xue family?" On the side, the son of the Jia family, who was born in Jinling, recognized Xue Pan's identity at a glance.

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at the girl kneeling on the ground in the crowd, looking at the age of eleven or twelve years old, she was cute and cute, and the most attractive thing was the rouge note the size of a grain of rice in her eyebrows, and she knew in her heart that this was the famous scene in the Red Mansion, where Xue Pan robbed Xiangling and killed Feng Yuan, but she didn't expect to be bumped into by herself.

Thinking of Xiangling's tragic life experience and tragic ending, Jia Jue couldn't help but sigh, Jia Fu glanced at Jia Jue, and then looked at Xiangling, who was moving, and rolled his eyes, so he leaned over and whispered: "Third master, it's a pity that such a little girl fell into the hands of the dumb overlord." How about you be compassionate? ”

Jia Jue was very relieved to hear this, this kid had eyesight, and nodded at him.

Jia Fu turned over and dismounted, led four sword-carrying soldiers over, and said to the trafficker: "You, make a price, my family bought this girl." ”

The trafficker hesitated slightly, and then looked at Jia Jue's side, so many people were still riding horses and carrying knives, they must be the generals of the Jiangnan battalion, and hurriedly said: "This lord, you can just look at it and give some silver." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xue Pan on the side was not happy, pushed away the little guy who was blocking in front of him, and asked: "Things that don't open their eyes, dare to grab things from your Uncle Xue, don't give you some color Look, you don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has!" ”

said, with a wave of his hand, "Come on, snatch this little girl for the master, who dares to do it, beat it to death, I will bear it if something happens..."

At this time, the little guy on the side came over and persuaded: "Uncle, these people are the generals of the Jiangnan camp at a glance, we can't afford to provoke them, forget it!" ”

Xue Pan heard this, and saw that the other house slaves were also afraid, and there was a mockery of the onlookers on the side, and his face immediately turned red, this is Jinling, he has never been so embarrassed, and kicked the little guy, "What do you say, but a few stinky hills, I'm afraid that they will do something, a prisoner, on... Otherwise, you will suffer! ”

The little guy subconsciously trembled, gritted his teeth, and waved behind him, several Xue family slaves stepped forward slowly, they are used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but they are not fools, the truth that a good man does not suffer the loss in front of him still understands, but the head of the family is a stunned young man, so he can only bite the bullet.

Seeing Jia Fu and a few people stopping in front of the girl, knowing that if these soldiers were not resolved, they would definitely not be able to take them away, so they shouted violently and surrounded them.

Jia Fu's body sank, his right palm pushed out, and hit the little guy's chest, "Kick, kick, kick", the little guy staggered back three or four steps before standing, rubbing his chest and baring his teeth, understanding that the other party was already merciful, but unfortunately he had to go up.

screamed and rushed up, and it didn't take long for all the little slaves of the Xue family to lie on the ground, all with blue noses and swollen faces, and the surrounding onlookers applauded.

Xue Pan blushed, "Raised by a bitch!" Do you know who I am?! People who dare to beat my Xue family, believe it or not, a letter will make you unable to eat and walk around.... A bunch of bastards...."

"Palm!"

A majestic and cold voice sounded, and everyone looked back to see that Jia Jue had quietly brought someone over.

"No!"

Jia Fu saluted, and immediately stepped forward and shook Xue Pan's two mouths fiercely, with two screams, Xue Pan's cheeks swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye, blood spilled from his mouth and nose, and Jia Pan frowned.

Looking at Xue Pan, who was beaten, Jia Jue waved his hand, "Let you go today, and then dare to bully others and poison the people in the future, you look good." ”

Speaking of this, Jia Jue's cold gaze first stared at Xue Pan, and then glanced at the Xue family slave with a blue nose and swollen face, "Don't get out of here!" ”

Hearing this, those hao slaves hurriedly thanked him, stepped forward to help Xue Pan and left without looking back.

Jia Jue's eyes slowly searched the crowd, and finally, he saw the human trafficker who was about to sneak away, "Take down that trafficker, send it to Ying Tianfu, and sentence him heavily according to law." ”

After dealing with these, Jia Jue finally had the time to take a closer look at this tragic girl, the little girl looks very good, her skin is snow-white, maybe because of her bad life, she is thin, her figure is not tall, she has a small nose and small eyes, as the old saying goes, a white covers a hundred ugliness, and in general she is a little beauty.

He beckoned her to him and whispered, "Will you follow me?" ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Hearing this, she didn't hesitate at all, and agreed directly.

Jia Jue smiled, although he knew her life experience, he didn't plan to help her find her family, or he didn't have this plan yet, looked at Xiangling, who was slightly nervous, and said with a smile: "You will be called Xiangling in the future!"

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Jinling, the Xue family's mansion.

A woman in her forties, surrounded by a large group of maids, walked into a courtyard, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw the tragic condition of her son, and immediately felt sad, "Son, how are you?" ”

I only heard Xue Pan scolding and scolding: "The bag is really ruthless, this revenge is not avenged, and it is not a person... Oops...."

Seeing that Xue Pan was in pain, the woman was very distressed, but when she heard that he was still talking such a bastard, she was immediately furious and scolded: "Damn the evil obstacle, you still think you don't mess with enough things, you have to pull yourself into it to be finished..."

As he spoke, tears rolled down his face.

"Mother...."

Xue Pan dragged out his voice and shouted, and said with a look of grievance: "I can't blame my son, I fell in love with that girl first, and I didn't force me to buy it, he, why did he come up to rob, this doesn't count, he ordered someone to beat me, and he was unreasonable, no, I want to write a letter to my uncle...."

It's okay not to say it, as soon as she said this, the woman immediately became angry, and scolded Xue Pan angrily: "It's not shameful enough, your Xue family's reputation is outside, who doesn't know you, he dares to start in front of so many people without scruples, he must have something to rely on, you still want to implicate your uncle, he hasn't done it yet." ”

The woman is the sister of Mrs. Wang of the second room of Rongguo Mansion, the sister of Wang Ziteng, the envoy of the Jingying Festival, and the mother of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai.

"Mother..."

As soon as Aunt Xue looked up, she happened to see her son's big sad eyes, sighed, and then said: "Son, our family is defeated, you don't want to cause trouble, your aunt in the capital has sent a letter, saying that it is for us to go to Beijing, and it just so happens that your sister will enter Beijing next year to be selected." ”

Hearing this, Xue Pan's face was gloomy, and he had to admit that the Xue family had fallen and his business had plummeted, if it hadn't been for the care of his relatives, he would have been swallowed up a long time ago, and what he said was just angry words, and nodded silently.

Aunt Xue comforted him a few more words, turned around and walked out of the bedroom, and just went out to meet a young girl, the girl walked up to Aunt Xue and blessed slightly, "Mother, how is my brother?" ”

The girl's voice is pleasant, looking like she is about twelve or thirteen years old, she is born with a beautiful face, skin like snow, a white goose egg face without a trace of powder, a pair of big eyes are very charming, always smiling, everyone will sincerely praise her when they see her, "What a beautiful woman!" ’

It was Xue Pan's sister Xue Baochai who came, she slowly stepped forward to hold Aunt Xue's arm, and said gently: "Mother, don't worry, take care of your body." ”

Hearing this, Aunt Xue's eyes filled with tears, and she sighed: "My son, even if your brother has half of you, I will have no regrets even if I go to see your father immediately!" ”

Xue Baochai didn't say anything, and helped Aunt Xue to walk slowly to the front yard, at this time, a mother-in-law hurriedly walked over, bowed, and replied: "Grandma, girl, there is a message from the housekeeper in front, saying that I heard it..."

"How?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "It's the people of Rongguo Mansion, the housekeeper saw them walk into the Rongguo Mansion on Ningrong Street, and Jin Cai, the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, personally led people to greet them outside the door. ”

"What?!"

Aunt Xue was taken aback.

Baochai's eyes lit up, as if he remembered something, and waved his hand to the woman, "It's hard work, go down and rest." ”

When the mother-in-law walked away, Baochai Fang said to Aunt Xue, "Does Mother still remember the letter from Aunt Xue?" ”

Aunt Xue's eyes immediately lit up when she heard this, "Oh! You mean it's him? ”